Professor David Tong

Career

• 2004: University of Cambridge, Lecturer, Reader then Professor
• 2001-2004: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Pappalardo fellow.
• 2000-2001: Columbia University, Postdoc.
• 1999-2000: Kings College, London. EPSRC postdoc.
• 1998-1999: TIFR, Mumbai, India, Research fellow.

Research

David Tong studies various topics in theoretical physics, usually at the interface of quantum field theory and string theory. The emphasis of his work is often on extracting predictions from string theory and D-branes for more conventional systems, such as gauge theories, soliton dynamics and cosmology. More details on David's reseach and publication can be found on his research pages.

Selected Publications

• Sean Hartnoll, Joe Polchinski, Eva Silverstein and David Tong, "Towards Strange Metallic Holography", JHEP 1004:120 (2010), arXiv:0912.1061. 
• Neil Lambert and David Tong, "Membranes on an Orbifold" Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 041602 (2008), arXiv:0804.1114.
• Kentaro Hori and David Tong, "Aspects of Non-Abelian Gauge Dynamics in Two-Dimensional N=(2,2) Theories", JHEP 05 (2007) 079, hep-th/0609032.
• David Tong, "TASI Lectures on Solitons: Instantons, Monopoles, Vortices and Kinks", hep-th/0509216.
• Mohsen Alishahiha, Eva Silverstein and David Tong, "DBI in the Sky" Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 123505, hep-th/0404084.
• Amihay Hanany and David Tong, "Vortices, Instantons and Branes" JHEP 0307 (2003) 037,  hep-th/0306150.